Brian Zernich, DO
Diagnostic Radiology · Phoenix, AZNPI 1902878895
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,080 of the $5,118 with a category attached, or 79.7%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 55.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,185, 3.0 times the $718 reported in 2019. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 115 payments — averaging $44.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Terumo Medical Corporation$1K
- Penumbra, Inc.$249
- Medtronic$208
- Stryker$180
- Philips North America LLC$116
- plus $258 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,03820%
- Food & beverage$4,08080%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 74 | $2,853 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 10 | $1,255 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 4 | $249 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $208 |
| Stryker | 5 | $180 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $116 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 4 | $64 |
| Abbott | 2 | $43 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- GLIDESHEATH SLENDER$1,087
- EMBOLD Fibered$281
- IN.PACT Admiral$169
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$152
- ELUVIA$139
- Indigo System$121
- Lasers$116
- GENERAL EMBOLICS$114
How this compares
$5,118 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 676 diagnostic radiology providers in Arizona.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other diagnostic radiology in Phoenix
- Linda GreerPhoenix$102K
- Kevin HirschPhoenix$75K
- Shane BezzantPhoenix$42K
- Nicholas CassutoPhoenix$11K
- Jeremy HughesPhoenix$11K
- Vevek ParikhPhoenix$7K
- Vincent TimponePhoenix$6K
- David RyderPhoenix$6K
- Andrew DuartePhoenix$5K
- Tucker FischbeckPhoenix$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.